Cade vs BookReporter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cade
Discover and create ultra-short fiction stories, designed for brief mobile interactions. This app explores a new literary format tailored to how people use their phones, challenging writers to tell complete narratives within 500 words.
- Ultra-short fiction stories
- Brevity-focused literary format
- Writer's challenge: complete stories in 500 words
- Includes Isaac Asimov's mini-story
- Designed for mobile interaction
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A "Cade" is a self-contained super short fiction story that spans a maximum of 500 words. We embarked on this experiment due to two observations. Firstly, our current reading experience on smartphones is limited to transcribed literary formats, essentially reading printed books through reading apps. Secondly, our interactions with phones are predominantly brief, involving activities such as checking Instagram stories, reading news headlines, checking the weather, or engaging in quick chat messages. By combining these observations, we aimed to explore whether there was an opportunity to create a literary format specifically tailored to the way people interact with their phones, rather than the other way around. From the perspective of the writer, this format presents a challenge: Can you tell a complete story within 500 words? A similar challenge was posed to the renowned science fiction writer Isaac Asimov back in 1957. During a panel, he was asked to spontaneously write a story, resulting in a mini-story called "Insert knob A, in hole B," which consisted of only 350 words. In this spirit, we are reprinting Asimov's story as our first Cade, showcasing the brevity and creativity that can be achieved within this format.
BookReporter
This digital magazine explores the world of books and publishing through exclusive author interviews and carefully curated reviews. It highlights publications often overlooked by mainstream media, alongside information on book fairs and events.
- Exclusive author interviews
- Curated book reviews
- Information on book fairs and events
- Focus on non-mainstream publications
- Digital magazine format
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Bookreporter è il magazine digitale che racconta il mondo dei libri e dell'editoria intervistando autori e pubblicando recensioni delle pubblicazioni puntando a far conoscere quelle pubblicazioni che non sono presenti nel mainstream della stampa nazionale. Interviste esclusive, recensioni di pubblicazioni selezionate attentamente dalla redazione, informazione su fiere ed eventi sono il cuore del nostro magazine. Abbonamenti per App Store È possibile abbonarsi a BookReporter o acquistare il singolo numero • Abbonamento 1 anno -> 24,99 € • Numero singolo -> 2,49 € Per modificare le opzioni di abbonamento o per disattivarlo visita il tuo account Apple. Ad avvenuta conferma dell'acquisto, il costo verrà addebitato sul tuo account iTunes. Ricorda che l'abbonamento verrà rinnovato automaticamente tramite iTunes Store. Il costo del rinnovo verrà addebitato automaticamente entro 24 ore dallo scadere dell'abbonamento corrente. Puoi disattivare il rinnovo automatico dal tuo account Apple, esprimendo la tua scelta almeno 24 ore prima dello scadere dell'abbonamento corrente. Non puoi cancellare il tuo abbonamento corrente prima dello scadere del termine. Privacy Policy: https://www.europeanaffairs.it/bookreporter/informativa-sul-trattamento-dei-dati-personali/ Terms of use: https://www.europeanaffairs.it/bookreporter/condizioni-generali-di-utilizzo-dei-servizi-in-abbonamento/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cade at none against BookReporter's 39. Cade also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months). BookReporter's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. BookReporter sells 39 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per year. Cade asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cade ships an update every 3 weeks, BookReporter every 10 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Cade | BookReporter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luca Columbu | Centro Studi Roma 3000 |
Customer experience
Cade
BookReporter
In-app purchases
Cade
No in-app purchases
BookReporter
- Abbonamento European Affairs$17.991 Year
- BookReporter 00-02-16$1.99
- BookReporter 00-02-19$1.99
- BookReporter 00-01-08$1.99
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- BookReporter 00-01-19$1.99
- BookReporter 00-01-20$1.99
- BookReporter 00-01-28$1.99
- BookReporter 00-01-31$1.99
- BookReporter 00-02-11$1.99
- BookReporter 00-02-18$1.99
- BookReporter 00-02-15$1.99
- BookReporter 00-02-22$1.99
- BookReporter 00-02-21$1.99
- BookReporter 00-03-01$1.99
- BookReporter 00-02-20$1.99
- BookReporter 00-02-24$1.99
- BookReporter 00-02-25$1.99
- BookReporter 00-03-02$1.99
- BookReporter 00-02-28$1.99
- BookReporter 00-02-27$1.99
- BookReporter 00-03-03$1.99
- European Affairs Mag 00-02-17$1.99
- European Affairs Mag 00-02-19$1.99
- European Affairs Mag 00-02-14$1.99
- European Affairs Mag 00-02-15$1.99
- European Affairs Mag 00-02-01$1.99
- European Affairs 00-02-08$1.99
- European Affairs Mag 00-02-16$1.99
- European Affairs Mag 00-02-10$1.99
- European Affairs 00-01-19$1.99
- European Affairs 00-01-06$1.99
- European Affairs 00-01-14$1.99
- European Affairs 00-01-25$1.99
- European Affairs 00-01-22$1.99
- European Affairs 00-01-24$1.99
- European Affairs 00-01-26$1.99
- European Affairs 00-01-27$1.99
- European Affairs 00-01-29$1.99
- European Affairs 00-01-28$1.99









